The Four Combinations of Student Supervisor Meetings
From Hacking Academia by Michael
June 3, 2025 ยท 8 min ยท Season 2 ยท Episode 30
About this episode
This episode discusses the four different types of meetings between PhD students and their supervisors, highlighting their unique purposes.
๐ Did you know there are (at least) four ways to combine supervisors and PhD students for your regular meetings โ and that each serves a different purpose? That's the topic of todayโs ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ video โ and meeting type number three is a doozy: super useful and rarely done. ๐ Here are the four types: 1) ๐งโ๐ซ๐ฉโ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ + ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ Your classic setup. Everyone's in the room, alignment is clear, but donโt overdo it. Alternate weeks works well - or try a ๐-๐ structure, with three ...
People in this episode
Host: Michael
Topics covered
- student supervisor meetings
- PhD supervision
- academic meetings
- supervisor-student dynamics
- meeting types
Keywords
- supervisor meetings
- PhD students
- academic supervision
- meeting types
- student engagement
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